I'm not sure if I'm jumping the gun, but I thought I'd do this assignment. Let me know if it is too long. I’ve always been a champion of people. I was the kid who befriended the girl in kindergarten when others made fun of her. I was the one who boycotted my third-grade class when a teacher was cruel to a student. I fell in love with the hippie movement—despite being born eighteen years too late—and carried its values of justice, compassion, and collective care with me wherever I went. That same longing for freedom and authenticity led me to study Romantic literature in college, a movement devoted to living passionately, truthfully, and in relationship with the inner world. Those ideals weren’t academic to me—I wanted to live them. That devotion became a throughline. I joined VISTA to support underserved youth, spent years working with children, and later chose massage therapy to help people care for themselves more fully so they could care for others more sustainably. I’ve always believed everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and recognized. It just took me longer to demand that same consideration for myself. I was raised in a culture shaped by hierarchy—where someone else’s voice always mattered more. The conditioning was subtle and constant, and while I was independent by nature, a quiet part of me absorbed the belief that I had to earn my worth in order to be loved. That belief followed me into the relationship that woke me up. I thought I’d found the love of my life. I was instantly drawn to him, and when we met, I heard a quiet inner whisper telling me I would marry him. On the surface, he was my kind of person. Beneath it, he believed I was beneath him—and, painfully, a silent part of me believed it too. He was critical of me, but he was even more critical of himself. He feared closeness, carried deep insecurity in relationships and work, and those fears often surfaced as criticism. Because I had learned to shapeshift for approval, I turned myself inside out trying to love him enough to make him feel whole.

I do what I do because: 1. I believe that we all deserve to be seen, heard, and valued 2. Because we all have something special and unique to offer 3. Because we shouldn't try to define ourselves by someone else's limited idea of who we can be, what we can offer, or how high we can rise 4. Because I've been limited, I hate it, I'm trying to break out of it 5. Because I want to be seen, heard and valued. And I now know that I'm the only one who can truly give it to myself. Looking to others doesn't work.

So I'm trying to figure out the benefits of each of the different Canva offerings: Free, professional, and business. How do they work and how do they work with ChatGPT? I'm asking because I've only used the free version and haven't used it in years.

Hi Andrea! I'm not sure if you wanted us to post the questions you left us with at the end of our class, but I thought I'd post them here anyway. Here goes... I'm an embodied therapeutic coach who supports women in transition: women going through divorce, menopause, saturn returns, second births/dark night of the soul. I'm also a somatic/energetic massage therapist who specializes in maya abdominal massage for women in all stages of fertility, and women who struggle with getting pregnant and want/need extra emotional support as they move through their journey. Additionally, I'm a breath coach and conscious movement practitioner and facilitator. (I didn't puff this up. Let me know if I was supposed to. I've never been good at stating what all I do. I guess I also included who my ideal client in this description too.) The mission statement on my website needs help. I also have a revolving slide thingy on my site. They all read as follows: Empowering women to support their womb health, embrace their authentic selves, and amplify thir voice, strenghts, and unique gifts through body centered coaching, maya abdominal massage, breath work, and conscious movement. (This is what I wrote for the business class with Suzanne. I'm not feeling it; it falls flat.); Feeling out of sync with your true self? Find courage to embrace authenticity, and break free from external pressures; Alleviate painful mentrual cycles. Improve your fertility, reduce plevic floor dysfunction. Ease digestive problems, diminish back pain. Care for your body so it feels like a safer, more comfortable place to live. But wait, there's more: I intend to help you heal your womb space and know yourself more fully. I want you to feel more alive, invigorated, and connected in your own body so that you have the bandwidth to live a life full of joy.